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History · Cyril

Cyril’s post office opened in 1906

Most of Cyril was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1968. Below: maps from 1949 on and the census since 1920.

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How Cyril began

When was Cyril founded?

1906

The Cyril post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 386 in 19202020 census: 827120 years
Founding year: the first Cyril post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Cyril’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Cyril are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 1,302 in 1970; 827 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cyril’s history is told.

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People over time

Cyril, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,400192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,302

Peaked at 1,302 in 1970; 827 people lived here in 2020.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Cyril’s Wikipedia page.

The story

How Cyril came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Cyril.

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On August 25, 1901, Louise (probably called Cyril) Lookingglass, the infant daughter of Bayard (Monapahrah) and Laura (Tit-tah-ter-way) Lookingglass, was allotted 160 acres (0.65 km2) of land that would become the Cyril townsite. Louise Lookingglass died in 1903. Bayard Lookingglass sold one-half of the allotment to Mr. and Mrs. Pierson on July 26, 1907. The Piersons sold the land to the Cyril Townsite and Development Company on September 10, 1907.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Cyril, 1906 to 1970

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1906Post officeThe Cyril post office opens
  3. 1921Born hereBlackbear Bosin is born here
  4. 1949On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1970CensusPopulation peaks at 1,302
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On the map

Cyril on the map, 1949 to 1991

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Cyril. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Cyril on the 1949 USGS mapCyril on the 1956 USGS mapCyril on the 1975 USGS mapCyril on the 1991 USGS map1949Cement sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Cyril.

Questions about Cyril’s history

What year was Cyril founded?

The Cyril post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.